Prime Minister Narendra Modi responded to the lawyers letter expressing concerns about political pressure on the judiciary, suggesting that the Congress party may have selfish motives behind the development.
Taking to X, the Prime Minister said it is a ‘vintage Congress culture’ to browbeat and bully others. His remarks came in reaction to more than 600 lawyers writing to the Chief Justice of India (CJI), alleging that a vested interest group is trying to put pressure on the judiciary and defame courts.
PM Modi said on X, ‘To browbeat and bully others is vintage Congress culture. 5 decades ago itself they had called for a ‘committed judiciary’- they shamelessly want commitment from others for their selfish interests but desist from any commitment towards the nation’.
‘No wonder 140 crore Indians are rejecting them’, PM Modi added and tagged a post that carried the letter written by the lawyers.
For the unversed, more than 600 lawyers, including senior advocate Harish Salve and Bar Council chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra, wrote to Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, alleging that a vessel interest group is trying to put pressure on the judiciary and defame courts, especially in cases of corruption involving politicians.
These tactics are damaging to our courts and threaten our democratic fabric, the lawyers drawn from across the country said in the latter dated
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